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NASA’s Voyager 1 radio transmitter is weaker than a refrigerator lightbulb. It still reaches Earth from 15 billion miles away

When NASA launched Voyager in 1977, the spacecraft was built to work for about four years. Nearly five decades later it is ...
National Air and Space MuseumOpinion

1976 – 2026: Celebrating 50 Years of NASA’s Viking Missions

In summer 2026, NASA will commemorate the 50th anniversary of one of the most consequential milestones in planetary ...
Space.com

China plans to double the size of its Tiangong space station while the ISS nears its end

Watch China's Tiangong space station cross the moon in stunning amateur footage Before the arrival of a new module, however, the first new addition to Tiangong is expected to be Xuntian, a bus-sized ...
The Conversation

Cracks in the International Space Station are causing air leaks – how much longer can it remain habitable?

On June 5, 2026, Nasa ordered five astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) to shelter in a docked spacecraft and prepare to abandon ship. The reason was a longstanding, but worsening, ...
SpaceNews

Space Force seeks fresh bidders for satellite-control antennas

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force is launching a new competition for mobile satellite-control antennas, formally restarting a program it canceled after abandoning a $1.7 billion contract with ...
SpaceNews

Vast signs additional partners for commercial space station microgravity research

Vast is working with a network of partners for microgravity research and development on its future space stations. Credit: Vast WASHINGTON — Commercial space station company Vast announced June 24 the ...
Space.com

NASA wants to dump the ISS in the sea. Experts say the plan 'raises serious concerns for ocean health'

The Ocean Foundation, a Washington, D.C.-headquartered group with a mission to improve global ocean health and the human relationship with the sea via carefully chosen strategies and projects, says ...
Aviation Week

Norwood Debuts New Ground Antenna, Plans To Expand Network

A growing number of constellations is generating demand for higher-throughput ground antennas, Norwood says. Credit: Norwood Space Norwood Space has unveiled a new ground-based parabolic antenna, ...
USA Today

FIFA World Cup soccer ball reaches astronauts in space. Here's why

The International Space Station offers a unique environment in microgravity for astronauts to study an official FIFA World Cup soccer ball. Astronauts recently conducted experiments aimed to improve ...
IEEE

Joint Antenna Positioning and Beamforming for Movable Antenna Array Aided Ground Station in Low-Earth Orbit Satellite Communication

Abstract: This paper proposes a new architecture for the low-earth orbit (LEO) satellite ground station aided by movable antenna (MA) array. Unlike conventional fixed-position antenna (FPA), the MA ...
IEEE

Full-Space Scanning Leaky Wave Antennas With High Scanning Rate and Enhanced Efficiency via Periodic High-Q Resonant Network Loading

Abstract: High-scanning-rate full-space scanning leaky wave antennas (LWAs), capable of sweeping beams seamlessly across the entire space in a narrow frequency band, have gained increasing favor for ...